Martin Bild
Head of Product Excellence
Axel Springer
Martin Bild is Head of Product Excellence at Axel Springer, where he drives AI-powered product development and engineering transformation across brands such as BILD and WELT. He leads the adoption of AI tooling across the software development lifecycle, from automated code review to end-to-end Jira-to-PR pipelines, enabling dozens of autonomous engineering teams to ship faster without disrupting existing workflows. Martin believes AI is not just a productivity tool but a structural shift in how product and engineering teams operate, and has built the organizational frameworks to put that belief into practice at scale. With a background in product strategy, agile transformation, and portfolio management, he brings extensive experience translating strategic vision into measurable delivery outcomes across one of Europe's leading media and tech companies.